by Qmoney1986
This is the Million Dollar Question!!!??? Is it challenging. Are you working the whole entire time , Is there down time etc.
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Qmoney1986 wrote:This is the Million Dollar Question!!!??? Is it challenging. Are you working the whole entire time , Is there down time etc.Short answer: sometimes, sometimes, and sometimes.
trekker wrote:Road trains spend most of their time doing nothing. Yard crews work non stop.Actually road crews do quite a bit. It's more than sitting and riding the rails. They should be monitoring the track ahead, looking back at the train in curves for defects, making sure the orders are adhered to properly, set offs/pick ups etc.... Most of my career was working the road I never got bored. Best part was the surroundings. I watched the first signs of spring and all the other seasons. Saw thousands of sunrises & sunsets. I'd do it all over again.
trekker wrote:Road trains spend most of their time doing nothing. Yard crews work non stop.A good road conductor is always doing something. Granted it's not physical work but even a step on step off trip should keep you busy. And as for yard work, I guess that would depend on your definition of "work" lol. In my yard depending on the job you either spend 90% of the time standing in one spot pulling pins or 90% just walking tracks looking for gaps.
trekker wrote:Road trains spend most of their time doing nothing. Yard crews work non stop.A) Not always true and...